Interview: Alabama’s Growing Trade Relationship With China
The Chinese ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, is visiting Birmingham this week as part of the Birmingham International Center’s 2015 spotlight on China. The Birmingham International Center highlights a different country each year. The goal this year is to improve ties between Alabama and China.
Senior executives, business leaders, government officials and community leaders will hear from numerous Chinese dignitaries. Also scheduled to speak are several appointed Alabama officials that oversee international relationships with China.
For WBHM, Amy Sedlis met with BIC Board President, Marty Connors, to learn more about Alabama and China’s trade relationship.
DHS memo details how National Guard troops will be used for immigration enforcement
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Court fees can pile up. An effort to make a more effective system stalls after Trump administration cuts
Court fines and fees are meant to hold people accountable. But for many, they lead to debt, arrest, and a cycle that’s hard to break. A project that started in Birmingham explored aimed to make the system better. But recently, the Trump Administration cancelled an effort to expand the research.
South Korean maestro Chung will be the first Asian to head Italy’s famed La Scala
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RFK Jr. is shrinking the agency that works on mental illness and addiction
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Hiring slowed in May, as employers added 139,000 jobs
U.S. employers added 139,000 jobs in May — a modest slowdown from the previous month. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%, as the workforce shrank.
A Song for the Cahaba River
As the Cahaba’s “charismatic” namesake lily blooms, an old festival and a new musical tribute celebrate Alabama’s longest free-flowing river.
